Here's why network virtualization is a better fit than traditional networking for IaaS cloud deployments.
These intensely competitive hypervisors by all appearances are the same. But it's the tools for managing their environments that make all the difference in the world.
- By Greg Shields, Don Jones
- 06/05/2013
A new survey by 451 Research and sponsored by Microsoft indicates that the majority of businesses will turn to the cloud over the next two years.
Citrix extends its VDI solution with mobile capabilites.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/22/2013
This year's Citrix Summit conference, which took place this week in Anaheim, Calif., was an opportunity for the company to spotlight its recently revamped solution advisor partner program.
An interview with a long-standing tech CEO before he addresses the mobility troops at the company's Synergy conference.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/21/2013
Automation and orchestration is the key to moving a cloud between its private and public manifestations.
- By Anand Iyengar, Gregory Ness
- 05/15/2013
Rackspace announced a new initiative to make it more attractive to have Windows apps run in its OpenStack environment.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/14/2013
One thing virtualization admins can't do without: VM migration. We look at improvements that Microsoft has made in this area to conclude our series.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 05/08/2013
The collaborative work makes it easier for organizations that use Hyper-V for their private cloud environments to also work with SUSE Cloud.
Storing VMs on file shares, CSV enhancements, guest Fibre Channel, and the new VHDX format: it's all about better ways to work with storage in this version of Hyper-V.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/29/2013
Here's a cool new trick I learned absolutely by accident when working with a Wordpress server.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself as a competitor against IaaS provider Amazon Web Services.
Security monitoring must adapt to remain effective in the cloud and virtualization arena. That's where role-based monitoring comes in.
Let's look at what Microsoft's hypervisor offers by way of improvements to security and disaster recovery.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/15/2013
The open-source Xen hypervisor is now being managed by The Linux Foundation.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/15/2013
Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD), Microsoft's cloud-based identity management solution, is now out of the preview stage and available for use as a commercial service for use by organizations.
A "public paid preview" of Microsoft's Windows Azure Backup service is now available, Microsoft announced Monday at its Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.
It'd be nice to see the company use it for VCP self-paced training next.
Version 2.0 CloudPortal Business Manager, Citrix's cloud services delivery platform, was released last week.